Metallica Death Magnetic

Metallica's tenth studio album, Death Magnetic, was released globally on September 12, 2008.^{1 2}

Fast Facts

1. Metallica's tenth studio album
2. Released September 12, 2008
3. Producer: Rick Rubin
4. First single "The Day That Never Comes" released August 21, 2008³
5. Second single: "My Apocalypse" released August 26, 2008⁴
6. Previous album, St. Anger, sold 1.76 million copies in the United States¹
7. Box set available: "The Box Magnetic (Death in a Coffin) + Mission: Metallica Platinum⁵
8. Box set contains demos of the album songs, DVD of unseen footage, Death Magnetic T-shirt and more⁵
9. First album to be released simultaneously on traditional formats and on Guitar Hero III⁶

Track List

1. "That Was Just Your Life"
2. "The End Of The Line"
3. "Broken, Beat & Scarred"
4. "The Day That Never Comes"
5. "All Nightmare Long"
6. "Cyanide"
7. "The Unforgiven III"
8. "The Judas Kiss"
9. "Suicide & Redemption"
10. "My Apocalypse"

...And Justice For All?

Metallica's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett has said that Death Magnetic is similar to the 1988 release ...And Justice For All.⁷

Justice was notable for its almost inaudible bass in the final mix. Some put this down to, amongst other things, band leaders James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich not wanting to "turn up" new bassist Jason Newsted. Metallica's previous bassist, Cliff Burton, was killed in a bus crash in Sweden in 1986.

Hammett stated that new bassist Robert Trujillo had a great influence on the "Death Magnetic" material.⁸

Some Kind Of Monster

Metallica's dysfunctional workings were laid bare in 2004's documentary Some Kind Of Monster. The film was shot between 2001 and 2003 as the band recorded their St Anger album, which disappointed some longtime fans.

The film was notable because it showed the constant presence of "performance enhancing coach" Phil Towle. According to Hammett, no "wacky doctors" were present for the recording of Death Magnetic.⁸

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